Comment & Opinion

The federal government spent $8.4 million on purchases that included golf carts in fiscal year 2025, according to spending records obtained by Open th...

The White House has scheduled a party for Friday and you, taxpayer, will be picking up the check — in more ways than one. The Celebration of Agricultu...

ERIE — When I stepped into the role of CEO of Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania last year, I understood the scale of the mission. I d...

While many Americans have grown complacent about the federal surveillance state, the United States Constitution is clear. If law enforcement agents wa...

You should have to spend your own money to buy soda. Some people disagree. This month, the National Center for Law and Economic Justice sued the U.S. ...

Sadly, one of the nation’s biggest employers is closing in Pennsylvania. Saks & Company recently announced plans to shut down its fulfillment center i...

The Senate debated this week on the so-called SAVE Act, which includes a national voter ID requirement. Democrats have vowed to fight the legislation,...

“The War of Revolution is won, but the War for Independence is yet to be fought." — Benjamin Franklin One major struggle 214 years ago passed into the...

Pennsylvania lawmakers are considering a bill that could disrupt the payment system millions of residents rely on every day. HB 2090 would attempt to ...

The General Services Administration spent $133 million hiring consultants to study its own buildings, but nobody is keeping track of what the studies ...

National Sunshine Week (March 15-21) is a time to highlight the importance of open, transparent government and to call attention to actions that place...

Sen. Chuck Schumer walked Democrats into a dead end last year, triggering the longest federal government shutdown in a futile effort to prop up the he...

PORTVILLE, N.Y. — Do you dream? Are they good, bad or ugly, comforting or even scary? Most have had some of each. A dream is defined as “a series of t...

U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., has billed taxpayers $111,000 for limousine services since 2019, according to a review of disbursement reports by T...

John Adams, the second president of the United States, wrote: “The most sensible and jealous people are so little attentive to government that there a...

NEW YORK (TNS) — One of my most longstanding and controversial opinions is that the move from defined-benefit pensions to defined-contribution pension...

For generations, the teen job was a classic American rite of passage. Teenagers stocked shelves, bussed tables, mowed lawns, and learned the basic rhy...

In a democracy, citizens have a responsibility to question the actions of their leaders. There are major issues surrounding President Donald Trump tha...

An antiquated 105-year-old American law threatens to exacerbate the energy shocks triggered by the Iran war. President Donald Trump should urge Congre...

Much has been written about the likelihood of Gov. Josh Shapiro endorsing embattled Democratic U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s potential re-election come 2...